Welding or swaging attachment for anvils



(No Model.)

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No. 603,022. Patented Apr. 26, 1898.

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ORIN O. DINSMORE AND A'IWVELL M. IRELAND, OF LEW'ISTON, MAINE.

WELDING OR SWAGlNG ATTACHMENT F OR ANVILS.

gPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,022, dated April 26, 1898.

Application filed February 24, 1897, Renewed January 1 1, 1898- Serlal No. 666,716. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we,OnIN O. DINSMORE and ATWELL M. IRELAND, citizens of the United States, residing at Lewiston, in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Welding or Swaging Attachments for Anvils, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement in welding or swaging attachments for anvils, and has for its object to provide a simple and efiective device whereby through the medium of a treadlethe attachment may be brought into operative position or returned to its normal position out of conjunction with the anvil without requiring the use of the hands of the smith; and a further object of our improvement is to afford a positive and eifective means for the welding of calks or clips to horseshoes at the proper angle and without liability of variance therefrom.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail,referring to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which an anvil is shown in perspective having our attachment applied thereto.

In carrying out our invention as here embodied we provide a support-rod A, which is attached by means of bolts or otherwise to the anvil-block B, upon which is supported the anvil G, of ordinary design, and as this block is usually of wood it follows that the rod may be attached thereto without alteration or previous preparation by simply forcing the screw-bolts into said block, thereby making our improvement an attachment which may be readily adjusted to an anvil or removed therefrom.

The upper end of the rod A is so curved as to provide a top support D, as clearly shown, and has pivoted thereto at E the shank F of the swaging or welding block G, said block being preferably rectangular in shape and having form ed in its uppersurface the grooves H, which vary in depth and are of such a shape in cross-section as to receive or hold the clips or calks, which are to be either formed upon the shoe or welded thereto. The length of the shank F is such that when the welding-block is swung rearward the latter will rest upon the upturned end of the top support D, thereby returning the block into inactive position and ready for further use. The movements of the welding-block are brought about by the connecting-rod H, which is pivoted to the shank F at I, and passing downward is pivoted at J to the foot-lever K, the lever having formed upon its inner end the treadle L, which projects within easy reach of the foot of the operator when standing in proper position for operating upon the anvil. By this arrangement it will be seen that the proper manipulation of the treadle will either bring the welding-block to operative position upon the surface of the anvil or to its normal position upon the support-stock, when it will be out of the way during other operations upon the anvil not requiring the block, and this is of great convenience to the smith, since it will obviate the necessity of using his hands for this purpose, thereby enabling him to retain the tools which he may be using at the time as well as overcoming the disadvantage of having to remove the welding or other tools from the anvil and return them again when needed, which operations require time and attention.

When the block G is in operative position upon the anvil, it will be seen that the calk or clip to be welded to the horseshoe may be placed in one of the grooves H, whereby it will be held in proper position, and when the shoe is likewise placed upon the block G it will also be brought into proper relative position to the calk, so that when the welding process takes place said calk will project from the shoe at the proper angle, and this is of great importance, since when only the eye is depended upon to determine the result aimed at it is obvious that this result will vary in every operation,whereas by our improvement any number of shoes may be treated with precisely the same result, bringing the calk or clip into proper relative position to the shoe.

Not only does our improvement avoid the misplacing of the calk, but it also greatly facilitates the process of welding the same to the shoe and saves much loss of time and annoyance which would otherwise occur by the old method.

When a clip such as that formed upon the toe of a shoe is to be formed from the material composing the shoe-blank, this may be accomplished by the use of our improvement by placing that portion of the shoe upon which it is desired to form said clip over one of the grooves and swaging the portion of the metal of the blank within this groove, as will be readily understood.

The fact that our improvement may be attached to or detached from the anvil Without alteration of the latter or previous preparation for said attachment renders our improvement more valuable still. It may be sold to and readily attached by an ordinary smith to his anvil when required.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and useful, is

1. In combination with an anvil, a swaging or welding block adapted to rest upon the upis pivoted, a treadle, and a rod for connecting said treadle with the block, whereby the movements of the latter may be eifected by the foot, as specified.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed our signatures in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ORIN O. DINSMORE. ATWELL M. IRELAND. Witnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMsoN, ISAAC K. KNoWLToN. 

